The Dutch Passion Sisters

[TML16]

The Mite Fight

The Mite Fight



Insomniac - Yeah, I've started yearning for some Hempstar I think it should be a staple in any growers diet. It's by far my best medicinal genetics.
The Freeze is a very minty/hashy outdoor strain grown locally. It's usually quite leafy when I get it, and I've never seen an indoor bud. I plan on seeing what it can do indoors, because it's a very beautifull buzz.
Thanks eh :smile:

BF - Originally I had only 1 Hempstar bean, which was gifted to me. After my first run, I found 8 mature seeds in my batch. These are the seeds I'm working with now. So, I guess you could say they are my own Hempstar jarseed?
Thanks for the compliments on Tangerine. I have decided this will be her last run for awhile though. I'm actually getting quite bored of the smoke it produces.
Don't think I'll ever be flowering 6 at a time...maybe 3 tops. Just need enough to get me by :smile:

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The Mite Fight

Well, the mites are back!

But this time, I'm not rolling over for them.
Unfortunately for me I have no access to Pyrethrin, so I'm going to hafta do this in my own way.
I put on the army boots and helmet yesterday and started a war Heres what I did:

- I started by walking in with the vacuum already running and starting sucking the air in around the leaves to catch all the flying bastards that jumped when they saw me coming.

- I then shook the plant vigourously while still sucking with the vac in the air all around ( Being a rookie at this, I ruined a few leaf tips) I also kept the vacuum running a lil extra while to make sure none of the bastards escaped the vacuum bag.

- I then administered the finger wipe, using my forefinger and thumb to simultainiously wipe the top and bottom of the leaf blade crushing predators and or eggs and webbings.
- I broke the No-Pest strip back out...However, after some research I found out that not only is it a cousin to the nerve gas family (dichlorvos) but that mites that are born into it, may actually become immune and creates a new version or "Super Mite".
Plus...they don't actually work that good and could be killing possible mite predators that could have let nature use it's own eradication methods.

- I then gave the plant a cold water shower. Mites don't like cold water.

- I then drenched her with a mist of Safer's soap. I know it's a little late in flower and I could be risking mold, but I'm being experimental and I've yet to run into any mold problems.

- I raised the lights a bit to cool the area down by the plants. It's below freezing outside now, so I know once I erradicate the living, the larvae, and the eggs they can not possibly be anymore.

- I added a fan for the cross-wind effect and also to help dry from the shower/misting and not get light burnt.

Future plans:

- She's going to get a cold shower every second day till they're gone

- Vacuum everyday

- Pest strip will stay out to kill any adults

Things I need for next summer:

- diatomaceous earth

- Pyrethrin

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Germination

2 Hempstar - both cracked and were placed in soil already

1 Passion #1 - cracked and placed in soil already

2 Grape - 1 cracked, but was barely showing taproot. It stays with the other untill its tap is long enough. The other hasn't cracked yet.

1 Freeze - nothing yet.

Sorry for the super long rant post, but I've been really into my grow the last few days and I'm pretty excited about the new seed run and the possibility of saving the BB genetics

 

[Mr GreenJeans]

Hiya TML

I can see the mites now - they are frantically signaling each other - "Get outta the way, eh! He's comin back with that huge suckah!"

Sorry to hear they're back. Sounds like you're launching an all out berserker battle on their ass, serves 'em right.

Everything sounds great in your plan, just be careful with the every other day shower - you might want to shake off the big drops after the shower. And keep a good breeze on them.

Another thing that works a bit is fly paper or sticky paper - in the summer I put 4-5 sheets around the plants to catch the flying mites.

Haven't had them like this yet, I'm takin notes though, as they'll move in on me sooner or later...

Can you bring some cold air in from outside? I'm thinking if you could drop the temps another few degrees that would slow them down a bunch.

 

[packn2puff]

I wonder what their mortallity rate would be if you could take the plant outside for a period of time..I'm not sure how long it would take maybe even less than an hour..
Like at night..when there is no sun to assist their survival..like put um outside then wipe down, bomb, vacuum the grow area..just a thought..

 

[The Budfather]

i think p2np might have an idea there, although im not sure about nighttime with the below frezing temps bu ti guess if its just for an hour it shouldnt have to much effect. thank go ive never had to deal with mites on me ganja plant before. although they have been working on one of my windowsill plants for quite a while i just hope they never migrate!! knock on wood!

 

[i_score]

man i just hat them mites, im blasting my grow every day whith neem, let´s see if biological warfare is enouf four tha bastardz, i had mites in my last too grows soo i especialy carefull in this run. good luck whit your mites killing spree!

 

[TML16]

Oops

Oops

This is what happens when you put a plant outside in -10C(14F) for 30 minutes LOL
I think I killed the mites though

It seemed like a really good idea anyways I guess we learned something here today.

Anyways...she got the

at day 42
which is way early for Tangerine.

^ I managed to escape with that haul. So...I guess I didn't do too bad in the deal.

^ Buds weren't quite mature, but it may had been one of my earliest finishing runs of Tangerine anyhow. The cold seemed to mature the pistils quite a bit. It actually almost looks ready to the camera eye.

All of this is good because the Flower room has been converted to a veg room for about a month or so

I screwed in the 250W MH conversion bulb and put my just cracked seedlings under there...they were really struggling in the veg box at 15C(59F).
It will be nice to get some MH vegging in on these seedlings to make some nice bushes.

I'm pretty excited about my seed run...we'll get to that though in a few days.
For now, enjoy a small Blueberry report

 

[TML16]

Fuckin Yummy!

Fuckin Yummy!

Blueberry is some fantastic smoke!

Very potent, even medical. Great pronounced odour and taste. Really, really icky sticky.
Odour is hard to describe. The Blueberry aroma is there, but when a bud is broken there is a fuely, make your stomach turn type smell

Smells alot like the NYCD I had tried recently.
Taste is magnificent. Very Blueberry like with a hint of the fueliness

Potentcy rating is a 9/10...up there with the likes of Hempstar

Only problem I'm having with it is that even fully dried out, it's hard to roll because of the stickiness

Damn fuckin tasty!

I'm hoping I can get these clones back into shape now that they have roots

Seed Run is coming up...stay tuned

 

[i_score]

those blueberry budz look really good and frosty, one of the strains that im eager to grow, love your pics of them alive to, great colours!!that tangerine sufered a bit whith the cold temps, it´s better that then the mites, for me neem is doing the job but , still in veg so i only be trully satisfied if i manage to keep them out during the flowering cycle.good luck on the seeds, i´ve sprouted some power chunk beens recently lett´s see wou they turn ou.tpeace

 

[Insomniac]

Damn TML, those blueberry nugs look goregous What is the high like?
I'm guessing pretty amazing as well.

 

[The Budfather]

i guess when they say to do a light check with your hand if its uncomfortable light is too close, well if its not comfortable outside for an unclothed piece of your body, example below freezing temps either that or you live in a volcano maybe it wouldnt be good to put them outside at the moment.

"Only problem I'm having with it is that even fully dried out, it's hard to roll because of the stickiness"

How is nycd for you im not sure if i want to run it next grow or not?

 

[Mibri]

wow - nice buds man. Congratulations

 

[Mr GreenJeans]

Hiya TML
Whoops! Didn't realize it was below freezing at night already for you - they could probably take 30 minutes of just above freezing. But like you noted - you definitely nuked the mites!

Even though you took them early, the tangerines sure look frosty in those pics. Should be a nice up high...

And the blueberries - WOW That's some tasty looking goodness. Congratulations!

Looking forward to your MH adventures...

 

[TML16]

Wow...what a great response

i_score - I meant to welcome you to the thread last post. Welcome. Nice to see you back already too :smile:
I'm really glad you enjoy the pics...Thank you much for the compliments.
Neem is a great preventitive and could really slow mites down. Once they've converged on ya though, you gotta bring out the big guns.
Neem is something I will definately be using as a preventative nexy year.
I'll hafta take a stroll down to your thread and check out them Power Chunks


Insomniac - Yes my friend, those are some potent nugs. I coulda harvested days earlier, but was tied up (not literally) and let them get at least 4 extra days of amber trichs

It's definately in the watch a movie, jam, eat, and get ready for bed type weed

They do taste, smell, and work as good as they look

The Budfather - Yeah. maybe I shoulda thought of that a few days ago
Oh well...we all learned something right? Later on you can now reccomend it not such a good idea if anyone else wants to try
The first time I tried the NYCD I was unimpressed. Mostly because the expectations and hype probably. This is commercially grown weed we're talkin bout here though. Grown for sale. However...I was turned onto a 1/4 of this stuff a few weeks ago and it is amazingly good. Nice purped buds tight, frosty and yummy. Smelled alot like BB actually, taste was almost familiar also. I'm sure it will make you one happy man if you gave it a whirl.

Mibri - Hey thanks man. Stop by anytime

Mr GreenJeans - It was worth a shot right?
The tanges we're pack'n on some nice frost. It was getting a good lights on/off temp differential. Can achieve that all winter long.
I'm really hoping those BB clones pull through MGJ...this stuff is a keeper for sure

Thanks eh :smile:

We'll get this seed party started with pics in the next few days

Forgot to mention Blueberry came in at 25 grams. Which made me happy, cuz it's more than I expected

See Ya Soon!

 

[Sleepy]

just beautiful!!

where are you getting these smilies??

sorry to hear about the borg, TML16...

terminate...with extreme prejudice!

great report...sounds yummy!

 

[Guest]

Hi TML those are some nice looking buds

I hate mites too. I have been battling them for 2 years now. I think you are on the right track to get rid of the little buggers though?

I'm with Sleepy. Where are you getting all of those cool smilies?

Keep up the good work
GCG

PS MGJ has a spare vape-vac I know he'll lend you.

 

[TML16]

Gentlemen

Sleepy - Thanks for the compliments.
We'll have to thank Underground Man for the great smileys, he has them posted in his profile: http://www.icmag.com/ic/member.php?u=8378 and obviously has them posted there for us all to use...so a big thanks to him.
Hopefully my battle with the mites is over. They really have nothing to latch onto now, so hopefully they're all gone.

garlic city gro - Thank you sir.
I can't see any of those bastards surviving. Nothing to survive on now. The no-pest strip is still hanging and I've vacuumed/wiped all down too. Never know with those little bastards though, they are extremely hard to kill.

I'll take some pics in a few days when the seedlings first leaves are pronounced, taking a pic now would be pointless...they all look the same at this stage

 

[FGandalf]

Quick question

Quick question

I'm new here so this is my first post and I think I read every page to get caught up. I am curious about your Bluberry grow for personal reasons , and saw the threads about it taking extra long to root clones. I was wondering if there was a light problem with the light getting to the rooting cut on the clones stunting there growth? The reason I say this is that i was cloning some plants and made the mistake of using just water and a cup with the cuttings sitting in that.(didn't know the ambient light was messing wih the roots forming. Once I put the cuttings in a expandable dried moss tabelet and some rooting hormone, hen kept it moist it was all good and rooted right away. So what was the best procedure to root blueberry clones? Or is it going to be a struggle? Thanks and if i missed the post where you talked about it I apologize.


thanks

fgandalf

 

[TML16]

FGandalf - first off welcome to icmag and thank you for taking the time to read my thread. It's been a great learning process for me, and I've had some excellent help along the way.

I was wondering if there was a light problem with the light getting to the rooting cut on the clones stunting there growth?

I think you could definately have something there. I was using clear cups.

I threw them in soil as a last ditch effort before just discarding them and giving up, cuz they still had some greeness left to them. About a week after is when I noticed some rooting at the bottom of the little potting tray.
I have 2 cuts remaining of the original 4, and they are just finally starting to show new growth.

I'm still quite new to cloning and have had approx 50% success with water in a cup cloning. I still havn't found my niche on what procedure is going to work best for me. I bought some gel2root cubes and they will be my next attempt.

I find Blueberry to be a very slow growing plant that is very picky about nutes and has some freakish growth that might make one think something is wrong with the plant, when really it's just the way it grows.
The nugs are really tight and potent, and I'm sure if any grower spent some time with her through a few grows, they'd get to know her just as well as any plant.

Patience was the key to my success, that and maybe a touch of luck.

I recieved this from clone as a gift from a perfect stranger and it was in a small pot filled with coco, but it was rooted in a rapid rooter. She had a whole trunk full, so...someones got some great methods that work.

Thanks for stopping in, c'mon back anytime

 

[packn2puff]

Holy frozen trichomes Batman ..thanks for curing that wonder I had..lol..her leaf tissue probably began to get frostbite..

Sorry to hear you're having problems twistin fatties cause your fat blueberry buds are too sticky..
hard times have fallen on Da Great White Nord..

Rapid Rooters get the job done..simple and tried and true..on this last cloning I used um..with Rootech Gel and AN Jump Start in the water..
all had roots through the rooter in 7 days..makes a good anchor point for the new root ball that's trying to form and supports the stem..
So GH gets a good testimonial from me..As a side experiment I must do again..
I plugged an air hose into the RR and it bubbles like and air stone..I had stubborn roots on some flowered clones..
after I did that..they exploded..I need to try it side by side..with and without air..just need a hollow needle to plug in..

 

[packn2puff]

was looking at the November POTM noms and saw this from Polak in the polish thread.. of course I thought of you...
no mites on this one either..